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Simkin Scope</H1>
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In Simkin, identifiers identify the following types of things:
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<li>local variables - these are visible only within the current function</li>
<li>instance variables - these belong to the current object</li>
<li>global variables - these are visible to any script</li>
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<p><a name=Indirection>If an identifier begins with a @</a>, then the value of the variable
whose name follows is used as the identifier's value.
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myvar="Name"; 
trace(@myvar);		// this will produce the contents of the variable Name

mymethod="Show"; 
@mymethod();		// calls the method Show
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